WKU Faculty Member Honored
In Photojournalism Contest
March 17, 2003
Bowling Green, Ky. - Jeanie Adams-Smith, an assistant professor of photojournalism at Western Kentucky University, has been honored in the 60th annual Pictures of the Year International Competition.
Adams-Smith received third place in the feature picture story category. The subject of "Best Friends" was the friendship of a boy and a Vietnam veteran who are neighbors in Hopkinsville.
Three Western graduates and a former faculty member also were honored in the competition, sponsored by the Missouri School of Journalism.
Tamara Voninski, a 1993 WKU graduate who works for publications and a photo agency in Australia, received two awards. "Drought" placed third in the science and natural history picture story category while "Street Performers" received an award of excellence in the feature picture category.
Amber Tanille Laforet, a 2002 graduate, placed second in best use of multi-media/interactive publication.
Mark Osler, a 1993 graduate, shared in four awards of excellence with other staff members of the Rocky Mountain News. The Denver paper received photo editing awards for "Season to Share," "Killer in the Herds," "Colorado Amish" and "The Hayman War."
David M. LaBelle, a former photojournalism faculty member, shared an award of excellence with staff members of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for "A Day to Remember."
The competition is one of the world's largest and most prestigious photojournalism contests. More than 23,000 entries were submitted with 250 awards presented in 44 categories.
More information on the competition is available online at http://www.poy.org
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